My Back Yard

It is so peaceful here! I wonder if I'll ever be able to leave this place.

Enjoying What I Have

When I see gardens like Joy's, with the lovely flowers, and see the gorgeous bouquets that people bring to work and church, I wish I could manage to keep flowers alive. I don't have the discipline though. However, I was at Northwest Trek over the holiday weekend, reveling in the natural beauty of evergreens, ferns, huckleberries, and all. Then I realized: I have this in my very own back yard! In fact, I think we'll dig up the grass and split some ferns and make it even more northwest native! The grass doesn't grow well under the trees anyway. I'll need a jackhammer to dig the dirt though, it is incredibly compacted. Gee, maybe that's part of the reason the grass doesn't grow. Thank goodness for a power line right-of-way for the vegetables.